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German invasion of Poland in 1939

Adolf Hitler addresssing the Bundestag in Berlin. Animated map shows Berlin, Warsaw, and higlights Danzig and the Polish corridor. Newspaper headline reads 'Poles will fight for Danzig.' Polish officer addressing recruits. Polish women and children watching as they march off. Polish women and old men and youths digging trench fortifications. Animated map shows Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Map shows Vistula River and tributaries. Map shows Polish defense options. Map illustrates Nazi plan to launch pincer movements around the Polish defenses. Views of German forces marshaling near the Polish border in August, 1939. Polish infantry moving in horse-drawn wagons, supported by old fashioned horse cavalry. Film illustrates dramatic difference in military might, contrasting German armor, aircraft,and numbers to that of Poland. Closeup of German airmen loading bomb under their aircraft. German heavy artillery and siege mortar firing. German Panzer I light tank charging through snow. Motorized German forces entering Poland on September 1st, 1939. German Heinkel HE 111 bomber taking off toward the camera. Several Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers taking off. German aircraft strafing Polish aircraft on an airbase. Aircraft exploding on the ground. A Dornier Do 17 bomber maneuvering. More views from German aircraft strafing Polish aircraft on the ground. Formation of He 111 aircraft in flight. Gunner firing from blister in bomber. Two Polish P50A fighter planes being fired upon and exploding in air. Aerial view of German Me Bf 109 as it maneuvers nearby. Me Bf 109 firing guns and flying through white smoke. A Polish P50 streaming black smoke. Another gunner in bomber firing and hitting a Polish P-50. An aircraft crashing in flames. More He 111 bombers. Glimpse of bombardier in He 111. Bombs striking Polish bridges, roads, railroads, etc. Closeup of Stuka dive bomber starting dive down on target. Polish civilians fleeing in a field. A stuka diving as children watch from hiding places. Bombs bursting near railroad. Closeup of German airman in cockpit. Polish cavalry charging. German tank tows a field artillery piece across a shallow river, A destroyed bridge in background. A Panzer I light tank emerges from the stream. German soldiers racing across the Vistula River in long powered boats. Series of maps show situation from September 5th as Germans advance and Poles retreat, ending with encirclement of Warsaw and defeat of Polish forces. Scenes of Warsaw, encircled and bombarded, but not yet fallen. Firemen respond to bombing and shelling. Buildings crumble. Germans load and fire 142mm Howitzers. Scenes of destruction from shelling. A factory chimney falls. Hitler at the front observing bombardment. Women and children seek shelter in the city. Dead horses in streets. September 27th Warsaw capitulates and German troops occupy it. Map shows Polish forces still resist in the Westerplatte fortress. German battleship, Schleswig-Holstein, firing her guns. Defenders raise white flag on October 1st, 1939. Polish prisoners marching away (one seen barefoot). Polish Nazi collaborator points out persons for arrest. Poles lined up by a pit for execution. German machine gunners firing. Glimpse of Nazi Heinrich Himmler. Bodies of executed. Polish women mourning the dead. Closeups of Polish women, children and old man. A woman throws fuel on a funeral pyre. Closeups of mourning women and girls. Hitler's Ju 52 transport plane takes off. Inside he talks with military passengers. Profile of Hitler silhouetted against the sky, looking at burning city of Warsaw. Russian army entering Poland talks with German officer. Sign boards in England say Britain declares war. French forces respond, marching from Caserne Maginot Barracks. British bombers attack German warships in the Kiel canal. German sailors rush to battle stations and fire anti-aircraft gun. Bombs away view as British planes bombs German Navy.

Date: 1939, September
Duration: 13 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043611
Threat of Soviet Military intervention and preparation of its battleships and armored vehicles, during Poland Crisis.

Crisis in Poland around time of imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Threats of Soviet military intervention in Poland during the crisis period. Soviet ships and landing vehicles sail towards the coast of Communist Poland. Tanks and armored vehicles offload from amphibious vehicles on the shore. Views of Soviet Nayy sailors and Soviet Army soldiers in uniform. Soviet Russian MiG aircraft strafe targets at a beach. Soviet military helicopters flying in formation. Soviet military Generals and other officers during a meeting. Soviet missile and rocket launcher trucks move on a countryside road. Rockets launched from a Soviet rocket launcher.

Date: 1981
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056612
German troops invade Poland during World War 2.

Sound track of Adolf Hitler speaking to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939, about Poland and Danzig, and the invasion of Poland during World War II. Views of German armored columns, Horse cavalry, motorcycle troops, and infantry, on the move and crossing border points into Poland, where they take up positions and commence firing on Polish positions. Hermann Goering, Minister of Aviation and head of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) speaks about the invasion and extols the virtues of the Luftwaffe. Views of several kinds of German airplanes in flight, including Messerschmitt bf 109.

Date: 1939, September 1
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047348
An inquiry commission investigates mass killings at Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland (WW2)

An inquiry commission inquires into holocaust mass killings by Nazi Germans at Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin, Poland in World War II. Views of many passports and identity cards of prisoners from Poland, Holland, France and other countries. Closeup view of identity card of Homère Fonteneau from Charentais, France, born in 1922. Views of other identity cards including an Italian with first name Bruno, a Dutch man with name P. Janssen, a boy named Constantine and his sister, a girl named Irena Eleanora Peters from Poland. View of prisoners who survived at the concentration camp.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675058295
Priests, solidarity leader Lech Walesa and other people gathered to pay homage to those died in protests, during Poland Crisis.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Roman Catholic priests assembled at Monument to the Victims of June 1956 (Święty Marcin, 61-001 Poznań, Poland) in Poznan, Poland to pay homage to those died during the strikes and protest. A priest performs ceremonies at the venue. Polish trade union Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and others at the venue. The priest reads prayers standing near the memorial at the venue.

Date: 1981
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056618
Robert Francis Kennedy visits Jagiellonian University and looks at Jagiellonian globe in Krakow, Poland.

United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy visits communist Poland. Polish civilians crowd on a street at Krakow, Poland. Kennedy with his family in a car. People cheer and greet Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy arrives at the Jagiellonian University (Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland) in Krakow. He waves to people on the street. Robert waves to the people. Kennedy and his family in the University. He is escorted by the University members. Robert Kennedy looks at a Jagiellonian globe. People crowd outside. Kennedy with his son. Kennedy meets Polish women. U.S. Attorney with his family in a car driven on the street. The crowd follow the car. U.S. Attorney General Robert gives autograph to the people. Kennedy's son gives autograph. The statue of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish who fought in American Revolution. Kennedy pays tribute to Tadeusz Kosciuszko. The crowd follow Mr. Kennedy and his family. Attorney Kennedy waves to the crowd.

Date: 1964, July 2
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069651